Request for discussion on Common Dharma

[Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian]

Anand V. Hudli <anandhudli at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:


>As a topic related to the thread "Practical Vedanta", I urge
> list members to discuss the status of sAmAnya-dharma or
> sAdhAraNa-dharma today, with special reference to India.
> Before even a discussion of the importance of vedAnta,
> "practical" or not, is started, we must find out to what
> extent sAmanya-dharma is being practised. It does not make
> sense for one who is not even following sAmAnya-dharma to
> undertake a study of vedAnta.


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As usual Anand has hit the nail on the head. I shall think carefully
about this and then attempt a reply.

Rama